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Introduction
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This is the sea ice website of the GCOS (
OOPC/
AOPC) Working Group on SST and
Sea Ice. These pages are intended to facilitate the exchange of sea ice
observations as well as to hold documents for the sea ice subgroup.
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Brief background (from OOPC website)
The Terms of Reference for this group are to record and evaluate the differences
among historical and near-real-time SST and SST/SI analyses; identify the
sources of differences in the analyses; on the basis of comparison of those
differences with the expected climate signals in the SST patterns, recommend
actions needed to ensure the quality and consistency of the SST and SST/SI
analyses; establish criteria to be satisfied by SST and SST/SI analyses to
ensure the quality and consistency required by GCOS; and report annually to AOPC
and OOPC on progress and recommendations.
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The sea ice subgroup held its inaugural meeting on March 26, 2006 in Boulder,
Colorado. Please see documents for additional background.
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